By CASEY MCNERTHNEY AND MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN, P-I REPORTERS

Published 10:00 pm, Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The man shot to death last week in Tukwila has been identified as Allen Winston-Stewart, 24, a former Rainier Beach student and the adopted brother of basketball stars Lodrick and Rodrick Stewart.

Winston-Stewart died Feb. 20 after being shot in a car just after 9 p.m. on South 116th Street near Tukwila International Boulevard, a police spokesman said. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he died.

Witnesses called police, but the suspect fled before police arrived. Detectives are investigating.

Winston-Stewart ran track at Rainier Beach and in 2003 was a member of the 1,600-meter relay team. As a senior that year, he was also honored by the 101 Club as a scholar athlete.

Like his famous twin brothers, Winston-Stewart also played basketball for coach Mike Bethea at Rainier Beach, and started one game at the 2002 3A state tournament.

"Allen just had a kid and was really getting his life together," Bethea said Wednesday. "He was gaining a new focus on life."

Bethea later got a call from Bull Stewart, Allen's adoptive father, telling Bethea that Winston-Stewart was on life support.

Bethea said Winston-Stewart had been visiting many of his old friends the week before he was shot.

"He sat down and talked for about an hour," Bethea said. "He was just making small talk, but now it doesn't seem so small. It's a waste and it makes me sick to my stomach to see what's happening to so many kids these days."

Rodrick Stewart, a reserve senior at Kansas, left the basketball team this week to fly back to Seattle, ESPN reported.